The states DOT says the 'pioneer' road to the privately owned Kensington and Jualin mines will cost Alaska $30 million - and we all know how that goes, but let's just use the state's figures for giggles. (DOT's earlier estimate was off by $20 million when the first bids came in.)

Carrying the math farther shows that if the state of Alaska pays $30 million for Murkowski's road, that makes $13,333.33 per job, per year. Or another way of saying this is that each of 225 those jobs will cost the state $133,333.33 Check behind me now to make sure I have these figures right - because I sure am finding all this kinda hard to believe myself.

And, that doesn't count the amount the state will spend to fight the inevitable lawsuits - and it's not even a real road either!

So, the state of Alaska is being asked to subsidize a private mine in Juneau to the tune of $133,333.33 per job? I must have fallen off the wrong turnip boat or something because this sure isn't making a whole lot of sense to me. I wonder just how much sense it will make to the rest of Alaska?

I am not knocking the idea of the mine - but I surely do question the sanity of the Murkowski administration to even make such an absurd suggestion. Putting that failed bunch behind us did not come soon enough to suit me.